Bicycle handlebar holder for a wrist instrument

Abstract

A bicycle handlebar holder for a wrist instrument with pushbuttons and electrical contact means, said holder having a holder body, a cover which is pivotable with respect to the body and defining therewith a receptacle for holding the case of said wrist instrument when the cover is closed, a clamp for attaching the body to a bicycle handlebar, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed in the body and opening into the receptacle, and at least one manual actuator disposed in the cover and adapted to be operated from outside of the cover and having a portion movable inside said receptacle which is disposed to depress a pushbutton when the actuator is operated.

I claim: 
     
       1. An improved bicycle handlebar holder adapted to receive a wrist instrument having, a strap, a case with push buttons and electrical contact means to receive external electrical signals, said holder comprising: a holder body,   a cover adapted to cooperate with said body and defining therewith a receptacle for receiving said case when the cover is closed,   means for clamping said body to a bicycle handlebar,   a plurality of electrical contact means disposed in said body and opening into said receptacle, and   at least one manual actuator disposed in said cover and adapted to be operable from the exterior of the cover and having a portion movable inside said receptacle, which is adapted to depress one of said pushbuttons when the actuator is operated while said case is disposed in said receptacle when said cover is closed.   
     
     
       2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said cover is pivotable with respect to said body, and having first means for securing it to said body to hold the case in said receptacle. 
     
     
       3. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said clamping means comprises a clamp which is pivotable with respect to said body, having second means for securing it to said body to hold the holder on a handlebar. 
     
     
       4. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said clamping means comprises a separate semicylindrical clamp, and having third means for securing it to said body to hold the holder on a handlebar. 
     
     
       5. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said holder body and said clamp together define a curved outer surface for receiving said strap of said wrist instrument. 
     
     
       6. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said cover defines an aperture, wherein said manual actuator comprises a head accessible from outside the cover, a shank slidably disposed in said aperture, and means for retaining the shank in said aperture. 
     
     
       7. The combination according to claim 1, wherein there are at least two of said manual actuators slidably disposed in said cover.